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sohaibh
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

I altered the modifying dates on my files. Will my files and updates be safe once I resume the app?

Hello friends. I have a lotof old pictures (some dating back to 1950s) on my computer which are synced with Dropbox. They are close to 1TB. I took the past week modifying the dates in the pictures (c...
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casperrues1
New member | Level 2
11 months ago

The response suggests that changing the dates should not impact file integrity as long as Dropbox continues to sync the files properly. Dropbox tracks file versions, so updates should be safe.

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